Pinnekjøtt is a meal consisting of salted and dried ribs of mutton that have been soaked and steamed - in Norway it's common to eat it during the Christmas season, and some also have it on New Year's Eve.

"Dear friends and colleagues, Tommy and I have, after some time, felt the need to tell you that we fully realize that you never asked us to publish pictures of our "outfit of the day". The capacity to have insight is intact even though at times it might seem like we've been drinking from the same glass as Carola [Swedish artist]. Therefore, fear not. We know we constantly sit in a glass house. Good night and Merry Christmas. M&T".

ETA: The Norwegian artist and radio DJ Sirius posted a picture from the live broadcast of Radio Norge, where it looks like Maria played with her guitarist Markus: https://www.instagram.com/p/-i3LyUC12J/

A picture from Night of the Proms in Luxembourg, taken by Tom Di Maggio: facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1057113720987044. The caption goes: "Maria Mena opening with "The Hanging Tree" from the Hunger Games and then "With or without you" by a choir named "Scala & Kolacny" ."

Well, so this isn't quite the traditional "spotted Maria somewhere"-post, but I've noticed that some artists have posted or commented to give their support to Maria's music. For example the UK artist Frances blogged about Maria's song "The Art of Forgiveness" (here: francesmusic.com/post/13453899…e-youre-all-dandy-as-some). Frances has been long listed for the BBC Sound of 2016 award, which artists and bands such as Adele, Ellie Goulding, Haim, Sam Smith and Years & Years have won in previous years.

Norwegian artist Ane Brun, who released the album When I'm Free in September this year, commented on one of Maria's Instagram posts, with the applause and the heart emoticon, and Maria replied. The video snippet where these comments are, is here: instagram.com/p/-6TQ2JReN2/

I spotted a row of plaques (gold and platinum records) on the picture of the wall in producer Arvid Wam Solvang's studio: viagram.no. Cause and Effect on the right, then "My Lullaby", Another Phase, Mellow, two plaques for Apparently Unaffected and then a third plaque for Apparently Unaffected. This is interesting, I think, it proves some certifications that are hard to find a source for on the Internet.